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Black Scoter Melanitta americana

February 6, 2010 by Corey 7 Comments

The Black Scoter Melanitta americana, called the American Scoter by some and Melanitta nigra by others*, is a large seaduck rather readily identified by...

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When Geese Attack

February 5, 2010 by Corey No Comments

Via Kim, The Curious Birder, who posted this great video on Facebook. If this doesn’t make you laugh or at least grin, well, 10,000...

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Miniature Moderately Diabolical Waterfowl Quiz

February 3, 2010 by Corey 18 Comments

I am not too sure how difficult this quiz is but I guess we will quickly find out. Here is a single picture of...

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Hummingbirds of Yanacocha

February 2, 2010 by Mike 5 Comments

The Yanacocha Reserve on the west slope of the Ecuadorean Andes is a stunning site to visit, not to mention a highly productive place...

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Northern Gannets in New York Waters

January 26, 2010 by Corey 5 Comments

This will be the last post using material from the pelagic trip I took over a week ago, but I think I might have...

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Adult Black-legged Kittiwakes Offshore in New York

January 23, 2010 by Corey 12 Comments

On the pelagic trip off the coast of New York this past Sunday one of the highlights of the trip was seeing the small...

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Benevolent ID Challenge: Black Bird of Mystery

January 20, 2010 by Mike 5 Comments

I give up! Readers of this blog are simply TOO gifted in the arena of avian identification. Corey can continue to try to stump...

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Diabolical ID Challenge: A Shadow of a Chance

January 17, 2010 by Mike 8 Comments

You lords and ladies of armchair avian identification really feasted on our last ID challenge, didn’t you? Apparently, that duck wasn’t as tricky as...

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